Meat Market is a well-written and
documented book. In it, Erik Marcus tells the story of animal agriculture:
the health risks, the environmental problems, and the horrible way the animals
are treated. He goes out of his way to tell the actual, provable facts,
and dispels and dismisses the myths generated by the animal protection movement,
which he claims hurts their efforts.

Eric Marcus challenges the present-day
organizations that are involved with vegetarianism (veganism) and animal
protection by pointing out their limited scope, and presents a "new"
consolidated effort, which he calls "Dismantlement."

Meat Market's presentation of
"dismantlement," if adopted, would solve all the present-day problems of animal
suffering, health, and the environment by eliminating or dismantling the
root cause of each: animal agriculture.

The book also contains a series of essays by
activists in the vegetarian/vegan and animal rights movement, in which they
discuss their personal views and reasons for entering their present career
fields and activism.

The final portion of Meat Market is an
appendix containing a series of thought-provoking arguments about health, the
environment, and the ethics of the way animals are treated.

Meat Market is an important work for
anyone interested in learning about what really happens to animals, the effect
on our society, and what can be done to help eliminate the suffering.

About the Author:

Erik Marcus is one of America's leading writers
about animal agriculture. He is also the publisher of Vegan.com, a popular
website devoted to animal protection and the vegan lifestyle. A highly
regarded public speaker, Mr. Marcus lives in Upstate New York.

All of the beliefs and ideas presented by the writers of the reviewed
publications may not necessarily represent all those held by The Mary T. and Frank L.
Hoffman Family Foundation, but since they do seek to make this a kinder and more
compassionate world, they have been included.